Foreign Correspondent (1940)
"The thrill spectacle of the year!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 96%, MC: 89) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
Seen it? Rate it in one tap.
FavoriteLoved itLiked itIt was OKNot for me
Rate 5 films and ThumbScore predicts your score for every other one. Not seen it? Get your predicted score →
Where to Watch
Streaming
Rent / Buy
Subtitles on OpenSubtitles.com: English · Español · Español (Latinoamérica) · Español (España)
Most Spanish subtitles are not marked by region.
Full of ads, or out of sync? Fix it free, in your browser
Cast
Joel McCrea as John Jones
Laraine Day as Carol Fisher
Albert Bassermann as Van Meer
Robert Benchley as Stebbins
Eduardo Ciannelli as Mr. Krug
Is Foreign Correspondent good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 467 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
Overview
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth. Wikipedia ↗
